Display box



L. D. YOUNG DISPLAY BOX June 8, 1954 Filed June 2 1951 INVENTOR.

Lewis Do ATTORNEYS Patented June 8, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs 2,680,512 DISPLAY BOX Lewis Douglas Young, Providence, R. I., assignor to Douglas Young, Inc.

Island Application June 2, 1951,

, a corporation of Rhode Serial No. 229,570

1 Claim. (Cl. 20645.13)

This invention relates to a box or container particularly designed for displaying merchandise contained within the box.

In shipping or storing certain articles it is desirable to have a box of the objects of this invention is to provide One nstruction of box so that when the box cover raising means which will be board or the same material made.

Another object of the invention is to utilize cardboard which may be provided in the box which movably fits in the body of the box and by use of cardboard attached between the cover and the tray, I provide a, construction so that when the cover is swung from its closed position through substantially ninety degrees, such as by means of a spring hinge, with the cover maintained in the ninety-degree position by the hinge,

the body member. With reference to the drawings, l0 designates the body member and I l the cover member. The

mg walls therefrom, there being a front wall l3, side walls ld-I 4 and a back wall IS.

The cover member has a top wall I 6 and down- Hooks on the spring may engage the hinge and limit the opening movement of the hinged members. Thus, the hinge; serves to hold the cover in open position as well as in closed position.

A tray designiated generally 30 conforms generally to the shape of the body member of the box and has a bottom wall 3| and upstanding walls therefrom including a front wall 32, side walls back wall 34. This tray is loosely body and cover members.

The tray 30 may rest loosely within the body member of the box while a lining 35 may be secured along the the cover or top wall of the cover which may have a sheet material 36 over it for enhancin This lining 35 has a lever portion 31 at right angles to the top wall of the box of a length to extend well into the body member to a point adjacent the bottom wall 12 of this body member. This lever is relatively stiff and maintains its angular relation to the top wall 15. A rigid link 38 is hinged as at 39 to the lower end of this lever 31 and is also hinged as at 40 to a point beneath the tray 30 and is secured to the tray by a portion 41 extending along the bottom of the tray and pinned thereto as at 42-.

Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Figure 3, if the cover member ll is swung about its hinge 22 to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, then the lever 31 through its stiff link 38 will swing the tray about the upper; forward corner, which is at the upper edge of the front wall 32 of the tray, as a fulcrum so as to incline the tray to a position such as shown in Figures 1 and 2 with reference to the bottom wall 12 while the lower edge of wall 32 slides along the bottom 12. A deck or pad 45 may be provided within the tray to which the merchandise may be secured and supported thereby. This pad serves to enhance the appearance of the merchandise in some cases and may be formed of textile or similar decorative material.

I claim:

A display box comprising a body member having a bottom and upstanding back, side, and front walls, a cover member having a top and back, side, and front walls hinged to the body member along the back edge thereof to swing relative thereto through 90 degrees, a tray havinga bottom and of some textile its appearance.

upstanding front and side walls within the upstanding walls of the body member and with the upper edge of the front upstanding wall of the tray engaging the front upstanding wall of the body member and free to have its end nearest the hinge connection movable upwardly to incline the tray relative to the bottom, a lever rigidly secured to the cover member and downwardly extending, when the cover member is in closed position, toward the bottom into the body member and a rigid link hinged to the lever and hinged to the bottom of the tray at a point near the rear end thereof, said link when the cover is in closed position extending upwardly at an acute angle from the lever and supporting the end of the tray in elevated position so that when the cover member is closed, the tray will be in the body member but when the cover member is swung to open position, the lever through the link connection will tend to push the tray against said front wall of the body member and pry the end of the tray nearest the hinge to swing the tray about the upper edge of the front wall as a pivot and incline the tray with reference to the bottom.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,666,001 Catala Apr. 10, 1928 1,859,049 Poppe May 1'7, 1932 2,219,597 Lutz Oct. 29, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 469,845 Great Britain Aug. 4, 193'! 

